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Mycoses
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: Few ex vivo studies have investigated the virulence factors of fungi causing onychomycosis. The effect of nail polish in predisposing or protecting against onychomycosis remains debatable.
Objectives: This ex vivo study aimed to identify the nail invasion ability of dermatophytes, non-dermatophytes and yeast, with and without nail polishing, in the nails of young and elderly individuals.
Mycoses
January 2025
School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Superficial fungal infections are among the most common infections in world, they mainly affect skin, nails and scalp without further invasion. Superficial fungal diseases are conventionally diagnosed with direct microscopy, fungal culture or histopathology, treated with topical or systemic antifungal agents and prevented in immunocompetent patients by improving personal hygiene. However, conventional diagnostic tests can be time-consuming, also treatment can be insufficient or ineffective and prevention can prove to be demanding.
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May 2024
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background And Purpose: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection that affects the nails, caused by various fungal agents. Moreover, yeast onychomycosis has increased in recent years. Yeast isolates might not be identified at the species level by conventional methods, whereas molecular methods can identify yeast isolates more accurately.
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January 2025
Freelance medical writer and journalist.
Skin ageing is an inevitable process influenced by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic aging leads to thinner, drier and less elastic skin with fine wrinkles, while extrinsic factors such as sun exposure, smoking and environmental stresses amplify these changes. Photo-ageing, in particular, causes deep wrinkles, uneven pigmentation and increases the risk of skin cancers.
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December 2024
Department of Dermatology, Air Force Medical Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Beijing, China.
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